testcross vs hybridizing
hybridizing vs testcrosstestcross and hybridizing both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| testcross | Yes | No | No | No |
| hybridizing | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
hybridizing is a hypernym of
testcross; that is, hybridizing is a
word with a broader meaning than testcross:
- testcross: a cross between an organism whose genotype for a certain trait is unknown and an organism that is homozygous recessive for that trait so the unknown genotype can be determined from that of the offspring
- hybridizing: (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
Other hypernyms of testcross include
cross, crossbreeding, crossing, hybridisation, hybridization, interbreeding.
| testcross (noun) | hybridizing (noun) |
|---|---|
| a cross between an organism whose genotype for a certain trait is unknown and an organism that is homozygous recessive for that trait so the unknown genotype can be determined from that of the offspring | (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids |
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